because baking makes everything better

I have been making buttermilk pancakes for a hundred years. Sometimes I swap in yoghurt. Rarely so I make ricotta pancakes because you have to whip the eggwhites separately and, quite frankly, who has the inclination to be doing that early in the day? Yes, you have to make some porridge first and let it… Continue reading Porridge pancakes

What is it about food you have to use your hands for? Food that involves you putting it together, starting with a carb like wraps, tortillas, rice paper, pita or naan, then building a vessel of goodness. My kids can’t get enough of it. I think it makes them feel some control over what they’re… Continue reading Lamb kofta, spiced roasted chickpeas, tahini yoghurt

It seems ludicrous to give you a potato salad recipe. I mean, thousands of them already exist and mine changes basically every time I make it. But this one is a bit of a dinner winner. Potato salad Author: allconsuming A deeply comforting potato salad with tangy and sweet dressing. Ingredients 1.8-2kg potatoes, whole and… Continue reading Potato salad

What I’m going to give you here are the bones of the recipe – you need to add some stock if you’re cooking it on the stove-top and maybe if you’re slow-cooking it. I don’t add any more chilli than is in my fancy-bought-at-a-market garam marsala because 500 children mean 500 variants of chilli tolerance,… Continue reading Butter Chicken

Oh my lordy be, these sticky pork spare ribs are good. I reckon you could also do it to a whole piece of pork belly or to American style ribs, even beef ribs and get a sensational result. There is a two step cooking process so you’re probably not making this on a school night… Continue reading Sticky pork spare ribs

In some very exciting news I have teamed up with Mrs Woog for a podcast we have ingeniously called Woog & Berry. Stay tuned, we should be going live in early December. Such a development! In our first episode we talk about #everyfuckingnight and just how many things you can do with mince. Preferably we… Continue reading Laab